Wadsworth v. . Bd. of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 8, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The contract and the supplemental contract between Curtis and the board of supervisors were, and each of them was, ultra vires, illegal and void.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 8, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The contract and the supplemental contract between Curtis and the board of supervisors were, and each of them was, ultra vires, illegal and void. (Chemung Canal Bank v. Supervisors, 5 Den. 517; People ex rel. Tracy v. Green, 47 How. Pr. 382; Osterhoudt v. Rigney, 89 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
In 1900 the indexes of deeds of conveyance in use in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston contained many errors, and were consequently unreliable.
On the 12th day of March, 1900, the board of supervisors of said county, by a committee duly authorized by said board, entered into a contract with Henry B. Curtis, the duly elected and acting clerk of said county, by which Curtis agreed ‘1 to make and complete a full, proper and legible index of all deeds of conveyance on record in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston, filed and • recorded during the period of time…
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